This post is for the Tulika Blogathon. We grew up with loads of Marathi rhymes, thanks to ajji and tata. Here are a few that I still remember:
1. There is a rain rhyme in every language on earth. The marathi one was particularly used to make kids pray for rain. Sadly, a crappy remix song called Dhagala Lagli Kala, Pani Themb Themb Gala uses these lines. (the remix as such is not bad, it is the picturisation that I hate)
Ye re yere pausa(rain please come)
Tula deto paisa(I will give you paisa)
Paisa zhala khota(the paisa is fake)
Paus aala motha(it rained big)
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2. This one is totally meaningless but sounds great:
Amba pikato, ras galato (mango ripens and the juice flows)
Kokan cha raja jhima kehlato (the king of Kokan plays a game…you know the one where two people hold hands and rotate themselves…..)
Jhim pori jhim(play girl play)
Kapalacha bhing (no idea what this is)
Bhing gela phutun (something broke)
Pori aalya uthun – ek, don, teen teen teen (the girls came back, one, two, three)
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3. My ajji used to sing this to us whenever we were confused about choices:
He gheu ka te gheu, (shall i take this or that)
Dukaan uchluni ka neu? (or should I take the whole shop)
Phale god ki chaakhu ka? (sweet fruits shall I taste)
Dhule toduni neu ka? (or should I get dhule…no idea what it is..)
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4. This one was for dinner times:
Chandoba chandoba bhaglas ga (moon moon have u run away)
Limbonichya zhada maage kaplas ka (have you hidden behind the lemon tree)
Limbonicha zhaad karavandi (the lemon tree has bitter lemons)
Mamacha vada chiravandi (but my uncle’s vada(open area in the middle of the house) is nice)
Mamachya vadyat yeun za(come here to uncle’s vada)
Tuup roti khaun za (eat ghee and roti)
Tupat padli mashi (there is a fly in the ghee)
Chandoba rahila upaashi (moon remained hungry)
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This one is in telugu:
Chikibuku railu vastundi (Chikubuku train is coming)
Aaginaka ekkandi (please get in after it stops)
Jojo papa edvaku (baby don’t cry)
Teeyati mithayi tinipista (I will feed you sweets)
Kammani coffee tagipista (and yummy coffee)
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5. Finally here is a twist on machli jal ki rani hain that my sister made:
Machli jal ki rani hain (fish is the queen of water)
Jeevan uska pani hain (water is her life)
Haath lagao dar jayego (touch her and she will get scared)
Bahar nikalo mar jayegi (take her out of water and she will die)
Tai ko dedo kha jayegi! (give it to older sister and she will eat it!)
Is it perhaps a reference to the town of Dhule in Maharashtra? That would make it funny – shall I break off Dhule and take it with me?
Yes yes yes that makes so much sense! Thanks!
I grew up listening to all these rhymes as a toddler… feels nostalgic. But I guess I need to learn them all now. Time for me to recite them to my son 🙂
Oh yeah! and probably also make up a few rhymes for him!
Yeah I’m already singing him some stupid lullaby in a cranky voice… not deliberately, he likes it that ways! 🙂
Babies like weird sounds.
Aww “Yere yere pausa” is the only thing I can say fluently in Marathi after 7 years of studying the language.:( We learnt it in std 1.
You were taught these in school? Wow!
i remember the first one 🙂 it was in my “iyatta pahili” text book 😛
🙂
yes nice rythmns. it was a rewind by several years.
I would like add tho this list:
Santra limbu paisha paisha la
shaletlya muli aalya khelayla.
khaun peun khokla zala
kho kho kho…
Just a li’l correction in this..
He gheu ka te gheu, (shall i take this or that)
Dukaan uchluni ka neu? (or should I take the whole shop)
Phale god ki chaakhu ka? (sweet fruits shall I taste)
Dhule toduni neu ka?
The last line is
“Phule toduni neu ka?”
Its confusion about eating fruits or taking away flowers.
A good collection though..
Remembered my childhood… 🙂
“Tai ko dedo kha jayegi!”
hahahahahahah! really funny! 😀
loved these and adding more to the list here:
>असावा सुन्दर चोकलेट च बंगला,चंदेरी सोनेरी चम चमता चांगला…
>कोणास ठाऊक कसा पण शाळेत गेला ससा
>सांग सांग भोलानाथ,पूस पडेल काय
>पुस्तक नंतर वाचा,आता खेळा नाचा,खेळा नाचा
>ए आई मला पाऊसात जाऊ दे
aha rhymes and songs 🙂
I want dhagala lagali kal pani theb theb gal dj remix dj remix